171 episodes

Music industry veteran SteveJ takes a "deep dive" into music books, including bios, criticism, photography, and cultural takes, and explores music documentaries and films with the people behind them, along with a fascinating revolving panel of guests.

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Music industry veteran SteveJ takes a "deep dive" into music books, including bios, criticism, photography, and cultural takes, and explores music documentaries and films with the people behind them, along with a fascinating revolving panel of guests.

    In Case You Missed It: "THE SHANGRI-LAS: Golden Hits of The Shangri-Las"

    In Case You Missed It: "THE SHANGRI-LAS: Golden Hits of The Shangri-Las"

    From 2019, our convo with Ada Wolin presents a fresh new look into “The Golden Age of The Shangri-Las." Was the most idiosyncratic and influential girl-group of the 1960s also the “punkiest”? Tune in and find out!
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    • 43 min
    In Case You Missed It: "YACHT ROCK" with Greg Prato

    In Case You Missed It: "YACHT ROCK" with Greg Prato

    Summer = Yacht Rock.
    That's a fact. Just what is "yacht rock," you ask? Is it AM gold? Soft, smooth 70s hits, come back to life? We're winding the clock back to Episode 19 so Greg Prato, author "The Yacht Rock Book" can lay it all out for you. Put your sunscreen and Ray Bans on, pop a Corona, and lie back and enjoy!
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    • 35 min
    In Case You Missed It: "“Selling Beatles Merchandise in the U.S.: 1964-1966" with Terry Crain

    In Case You Missed It: "“Selling Beatles Merchandise in the U.S.: 1964-1966" with Terry Crain

    Boy, has the music industry changed! It's almost irrelvant: no radio, no physical product, no sales. But has it?
    The Beatles were not only pioneers in music and popular culture, they were also the progenitors of the music merchandise phenomenon, which earned over $50 million in 1965! Author Terry Crain joined us early on to talk Beatles merch and other interesting side treks surrounding this nostalgic and trendsetting era.
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    • 30 min
    "The Ballad of MOTT THE HOOPLE" with Chris Hall

    "The Ballad of MOTT THE HOOPLE" with Chris Hall

    Mott the Hoople was of the most important bands of the late '60s and early ‘70s — the rock act that made a stray Bowie song into an anthem for a generation and beyond, and a singer with recognizable hair and ever-present shades. And Mott The Hoople may be one of the UK’s greatest and most cherished bands, but what of their story?
    We speak with Chris Hall, the director of The Ballad of Mott the Hoople, about the feature length documentary that tells the bruised and battered, but triumphant, tale of glam rock ‘n’ rollers Mott The Hoople. The film brings the band's story to life through a stunning combination of rare and unseen archive footage, their magnificent music and the testimony of band members Ian Hunter, Mick Ralphs, and the rest of the crew, plus other associates 'and witnesses, including The Clash's Mick Jones, Queen's Roger Taylor and Mott fanclub president and author Kris Needs.
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    • 40 min
    In Case You Missed It: THE NEW BARBARIANS with Rob Chapman

    In Case You Missed It: THE NEW BARBARIANS with Rob Chapman

    Equal parts myth and legend, the New Barbarians are one of the greatest bands many people have never heard — or heard of! Put together by Ron Wood, the band featured fellow Stone Keith Richards, the Faces’ Ian MacLagan, sax player Bobby Keys, and a legendary rhythm section of the Meters Ziggy Modeleste and jazz great Stanley Clarke.
    If you missed this the first time around, tune in to hear Rob Chapman tell wild and rollicking stories featuring behind-the-scenes anecdotes about the band members, dirt on its famous tour, and background on the widespread influence of the band's music.
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    • 35 min
    "FANNY: The Right To Rock" with Bobbi Jo Hart

    "FANNY: The Right To Rock" with Bobbi Jo Hart

    Fanny might be one of the most influential bands ever that many people have never heard of. David Bowie called them “one of the most important female bands in American rock,” adding they had been buried without a trace. So who was Fanny?
    Bobbi Jo Hart’s documentary Fanny: The Right To Rock examines the first all-female rock band to release an album on a major label. Formed by two Filipina sisters, the Millington’s experienced racism and sexism at an early age, and found a band to be their doorway out. On five albums released by Reprise Records between 1970 and 1974, they rocked as hard as any of their male rock and roll peers. Their story, and Hart’s documentary on Fanny is a truly inspirational and overdue celebration of this hugely influential band.
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    • 30 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
25 Ratings

25 Ratings

lgavs ,

Just found pod cast this year. So glad!

Can’t say enough about this pod. Music books!
Found this year. Glad they are diving back into old episodes too. Thoug, recently listened to newer Chris Epting Episode/Long Train Running Doobie Bros. book. Love this book and all his books.
Thank you for your podcast.

Jesse W Jackson ,

Peanut Butter and Chocolate

I love reading. I love music. A podcast that combines the two is right up my alley. So happy to hear discussions of books, I know and those that I have not yet discovered.

Natty 17 ,

Great Concept!

Love the idea!!

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